The Reunion

As time passed, although more than half of the walls around the 58th Floor had been repaired, the monsters that had appeared continuously for so long had forced this floor into an extended spawning hiatus. For a time, only a scant few monsters appeared, and powerful Dragon Species monsters like Cannon Dragons and Evil Wyverns no longer showed up.

The dome-like Vertical Shaft shattered by the Cannon Dragons was also slowly repairing itself, eliminating the possibility of monsters attacking from other floors.

Of course, that did not include monsters capable of crossing floors on their own.

Such as the worm-type monsters. They had first appeared on the 51st Floor, then on the 50th Floor, and now they had even appeared on the 58th Floor, having descended from the floors above. This proved that they naturally tended to cross floors on their own, unlike the Evil Wyverns, which had to enter through the Vertical Shaft and would never seek out passages themselves.

Leo had kept an eye on those worm-type monsters, avoiding their routes as he watched them continuously descend from the upper floors and head toward the southern end of the floor in silence.

Ais and the others had no such leisure. Each of them rested and tended to their wounds, drank water, and ate. Even when they spoke, they deliberately lowered their voices, chatting quietly as long-lost peace finally visited them.

Nearly ten hours after Leo and the others arrived on the 58th Floor, a group of familiar figures rushed in through the entrance to the 57th Floor at the northern end of the level.

"Leo! Ais!"

"Tiona! Tione!"

"Lefiya!"

Finn, Riveria Ljos Alf, Gareth, Bete Loga, Tsubaki, Raul, and Alicia had finally crossed floor after floor and arrived here.

"Riveria—"

"Gareth!"

"Captain!"

"Mr. Raul! Miss Alicia!"

Ais opened